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Plant Cinchona officinalis (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Lojabark; Quinine
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-ALPHA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AVICULARIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINCHONIDINE 6 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINCHONINE 7 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINIDINE 3 Bark not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
QUINIDINE 23 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUININE 32 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Amebicide 4 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Analgesic 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anesthetic 1 Wealth of India.
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antibacterial 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Anticancer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinergic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidiarrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrillary 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiflu 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Wealth of India.